Article: Annika should be boon for LPGA Tour this year

AURORA, Ill. -- Laura Diaz remembers making her way to the putting green as Annika Sorenstam teed off in her first tournament of the year, passing fans who had lined up eight deep.

That kind of crowd usually only shows up for a U.S. Open. And this was still two months before the Colonial.

So just imagine the turnout at this weekend's Kellogg-Keebler Classic, when Sorenstam returns to the LPGA Tour after a brief, but historic foray onto the PGA Tour.

"What she did last week at Colonial is going to have a lifetime effect on the LPGA Tour," Diaz said Wednesday. "Not only did she bring new fans, but those are people who rooted her on. They weren't just fans for a week. Those are going to be fans ...

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